Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court would however respectfully disagree with the observation made in Emerson that no purpose would be served by bringing the jury back into open court to hear the tape ; this was a matter for the judge 's discretion but the better practice would be for him to order the reassembling of the court so that the jury could hear the tape in open court . |
| 2 | For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland . |
| 3 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
| 4 | A natural follow-up would be for him to make a model van , perhaps like one of his dad 's . |
| 5 | The purpose of this meeting would be for you to gain an insight into the qualities of the [ Name ] management and for them to gain an understanding of how you would propose to manage the group . |
| 6 | And he suggested that a suitable punishment would be for you to lose your sight . |
| 7 | His idea of heaven would be for someone to design a device which would allow him to read a book in there . |
| 8 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 9 | The first was that the abrogation of responsibility by a nation for its coinage would be for it to surrender the essence of its own statehood . |
| 10 | How each generation of parliamentarians in member states will try to guide the community 's political institutions will be for them to determine . |
| 11 | but in the very unlikely , very unlikely er position whereby Norfolk are absolutely adamantly oppose our proposals then as Mr said it 's very difficult for us to build in , in neighbouring authority , there is however one procedure left to us and that of course will be for us to meet in private act of Parliament , well that is er almost unthinkable , but we do have a final resort to that with a , in many ways the problems in Brandon have to be resolved by , by doing a bypass and if in the end we have to do that I 'm sure that |
| 12 | " The best thing 'll be for you to show us , Mr Whalby . |
| 13 | he said to me one day , and I do n't remember the day he said the best thing would be for her to go on casual , then she can keep her thingy thingy . |
| 14 | ‘ He had asked the country for a mandate for Tariff Reform , this had been refused , and the honourable thing would be for him to resign at once . ’ |
| 15 | " Listen , Martha , the best thing would be for you to tell me about your worries . |
| 16 | The best thing would be for you to write out all the harmonies , in every key , making sure that you put in all the correct sharps and flats . |
| 17 | ‘ The simplest thing would be for you to write to STG and say you no longer wish them to represent you . |
| 18 | A good starting-point would be for you to get in touch with The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , 29 , Chilworth Mews , London W2 3RG , by writing ( with a stamped addressed envelope enclosed ) for one of their information leaflets . |
| 19 | The best thing will be for me to phone my aunt and then perhaps you 'll let me go and have something to eat . |
| 20 | Betsy suggested that the best solution to the problem would be for her to take over command of Clytus and continue trading . |
| 21 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |
| 22 | However , the first step must be for us to achieve recognition at the level of official LEA policy that special educational provision begins with what the regular class teacher is doing in the classroom , and that the first responsibility of special needs teachers is to help class teachers meet special needs themselves . |
| 23 | If , for example , the reasons described seem unfair or conflict with what was said to you at the time of your dismissal , and you are eligible for unfair dismissal rights , the next step might be for you to make a complaint to the industrial tribunal . |
| 24 | Another option would be for her to negotiate some ‘ good quality ’ time for them to spend together , when they give each other the best of their attention . |
| 25 | If your elderly parent is faced with this problem , the most sensible first step towards a solution will be for her to spend a longish ‘ holiday ’ in your home before making a final decision , or for you to make an extended ‘ visit ’ to her if you are thinking of going to live in her home . |